Melbourne Cup Winners

sportsbet Melbourne Cup Winners .com.au Find out everything you need to know about Melbourne, Cup winners and what it takes to win? A Brief History of the Melbourne Cup 1869 VRC introduces 4 day Spring Carnival format: excuse to have fun and drink even then! 1876 At 13 Peter St. Albans youngest jockey ever to win the Cup. (Don't tell his mum). 1870 Race postponed due to epic partying at 1869 Cup Carnival. 1896 First filming of the Melbourne Cup. Eddie Maguire said he was there. 1888 First gold whip presented to winning jockey Mick O'Brién...kinky! 1915 Mrs E A Widdis first woman owner to win: Tony Abbott thrilled. 1925 First radio broadcast by ABC. 1948 Photo finish camera first used at the Cup. Later found to be incorrectly aligned: outrage! 1942-44 Melbourne WAR YEARS Cup run on Saturdays due to the war years. 1985 Sponsorship introduced and Cup becomes million dollar race. 1962 Fashions on the Field first held at Spring Carnival. Yeah Baby! 2001 Sheila Laxon first woman trainer to officially win the Cup. Tony Abbott doės happy dance. 1987 Maree Lyndon first female jockey to ride in the cúp. Tony Abbott ecstatic. 2005 Biggest crowd of 122,736 recorded at Flemington for Cup. 2003 Clare Lindop first Australian female jockey to ride in the Cup. Happy 150th Anniversary! 2010 150th anniversary of Cup. Americain first French-trained horse to win 2008 Cup King Bart Cummings wins 12th Cup on 50th anniversary of his first Cup runner. 2011 French onslaught continues. Dunaden wins in closest finish ever. Saddlecloth 4 or12 Anatomy of a Winning Horse winners with I these numbers Stallion Bay Coloring 4-5 years old 42% 44% 67% of winning horses are stallions of winners of combined winners Best (and Worst) Barriers Successful Jockeys with Four Wins Each Şince the barrier stalls were first used in the Cup in 1924, no horse has won the race from Barrier 18. 1924: the winner, Backwood, started from Barrier 7. In the 85 years since, Maybe Diva is the only other winner starting from that barrier (winning in 2004). Bobbie Lewis: The Victory 1902, Patrobas 1915, Artilleryman 1919 & Trivalve 1927 Harry White: Think Big 1974 and 1975, Arwon 1978 and Hyperno Sportsbet.com.au Sportsbet.com.au Sportsbet.com.au Melbourne Winners Record winning time 3.16.30 Kingston Rule (1990) Widest winning margin 8 lengths by Archer in 1862 and Rain Lover (1968) Heaviest weight carried by winner Longest odds winners Carbine in with 10 stone 5 pounds or 66kg (1890) Maybe Diva holds the record for a mare with 58kg (2005) The horse to carry the heaviest weight of all time was Phar Lap, carrying 10 stone 10 pounds when he ran 8th (1931) Three horses have won at 100-1: The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936) and Old Rowley (i940) Shortest odds winner Phar Lap at 8/11 (1930) Poseidon (1906) The Trump (1937) Rivette (1939) Rising Fast (1954) Even Stevens (1962) Caulfield Cup Melbourne Cup Double Galilee (1966) 11 Melbourne Cup winners won the Caulfield Cup in the lead-up: Gurner's Lane (1982) Let's Elope (1991) Doriemus (1995) Might and Power (1997) Ethereal (2001) Can you pick the Melbourne Cup winner in 2012? sportsbet .com.au